Robert Brickey started at Duke in 1987, along with his good buddy Alaa Abdelnaby and instantly became a fan favorite, largely because he could basically fly.
Duke had never really had anyone like that before. UNC had just had Michael Jordan and Maryland Len Bias. NC State had David Thompson over a decade previously. But Duke?
It took a little longer.
Duke had only integrated sports teams in the late ‘60s, and barely. Gene Banks came along in the late ‘70s and let people reimagine what
Brickey showed Duke a very different idea of what a basketball player could be.